The Italian writer Dante created the Divine Comedy some 700 years ago, giving us a vision of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory that has seared into the collective imagination.

For RTÉ Arena, Dr. Enrica Maria Ferrara brings us through the work and explains why it is such a seminal piece of writing.
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